Toilet seat



Aug. 4, 1931. C, A, MEATH 1,817,520

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Patented Aug. 4, 1931 CAMPBELL A. MEATH, F NEODESHA, KANSAS TOILET SEAT Application led May 19, 1930. Serial No. 453,741.

My invention relates to improvements in toilet seats, and one object is to provide means of this character which may be quickly converted from an adults into a childs seat.

A further object is to provide a guard or enclosure for the child while in position upon the seat, and which is so constructed that it may be quickly adjusted to operative or inoperative position.

Another object is to provide a foot rest lfor the use of the child when sitting upon the seat and whereby the child may readily gain access to or leave the seat.

The device is intended more particularly for attachment to the standard type of toilet seat, although it may also be manufactured with said seat and as a permanent part therelVith the above and other objects in view, which will more fully hereinafter appear, reference will now be had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a plan view of the main toilet seat, with the lid broken away to show how the childs auxiliary seat member fits in the large aperture of said main toilet seat.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation with the seats in cross section.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation with the seats in longitudinal section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the foot rest and its supports.

A, designates the hopper or bowl, which 35 is provided with the usual seat B and lid C, all of which may be of any preferred or usual construction.

Referring now more particularly to the parts constituting the presentV invention, 2 designates an auxiliary seat member of suitable dimensions, which, when in active position in the conventional aperture D of the main seat B, cooperates with the latter in providing a comfortable seat for small chilr dren. The seat member 2 is secured to hinge members 4 which are pivotally mounted on the pintle E of the main toilet seat B, so that said seat member 2 may be raised Or lowered to provide either an adults seat or a childs seat, as the case may be. Stops 5 are secured to opposite sides of the seat member 2 to engage the seat B and support the forward portion of said seat member when in lowered position.

A guard or enclosure is provided for preventing the child from falling off the seat and consists preferably of a number of oppositely disposed arms 6 and straps 7 which latter extend through loops at the upper ends of the former as shown by Figs. 1 and 2. Four arms are shown in the present instance which are connected at their lower ends to hinge members 8 secured to the seat B. The foregoing arrangement permits the arms 6 to be either raised to active position or folded down out of the way when the main seat B is to be'used by an adult. The arms 6 are secured in raised position by the straps 7 which are detachably connected at their ends by suitable means such as snap hooks l() and rings 12. Stops 18 are provided near the lower ends of the arms 6 for engagement with the top of the main seat B for preventing said arms from swinging inwardly too far when in raised position.

2O designates a foot rest whereby a child may gain access to or leave the seat.` Said foot rest is mounted upon standards 22, the lower ends of which fit in floor sockets 24. The upper portions of the standards 22 fit. in sleeves 26 on the rear of an apron 28, which extends upwardly from the foot rest 2O to prevent a child from catching one foot between the bowl A and said foot rest. The foot rest 2O and the apron 28 are curved as shown by Figs. 1 and 4 to conform to the curvature of the bowl A.

From the foregoing it will be understood that I have provided improvements in toilet. seats possessing the advantages above pointed out, and while I vhave shown and described one form of the invention, I reserve all rights to such other forms and modifications thereof as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In combination with main and auxiliary toilet seats, a guard consisting of two pairs of oppositely disposed arms extending upwardly and inwardly over said seats and terminating at their upper ends in loops, a strap extending' through the loops of each pair of arms, means for detachably Connecting the ends of one strap to the ends of the Companion strap to form a loop spaced above the seats, hingev means Connecting the above the seats, hinged means connecting the lower ends of the arms to the main seat in such manner as to permit said arms to fold outwardly and downwardly below said main seat to inactive position when the ends of the straps. are disconnected, and elements projecting` inwardly from the arms and adapted to engage the upper surface of the main seat and limit the inward movement of said arms when the same are raised to active position.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

CAMPBELL A. MEATH. 

